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The Race Horse Inn was at the junction of Widemarsh Street and Newtown Rd.  My grandfather, John Cook, was the publican there in the very early 1900's, at the time of the picture in Derek Foxton's book. The book has the publican's name as John Cooke with an e which is a misspelling. The picture shows the name of the pub as The Race Horse Inn (two separate words for Race Horse).  My grandfather was registered here in the 1901 and 1911 censuses. the address given was The Race Horse Inn, Widemarsh Street, 6 Newtown Rd, so I'm guessing the pub entrance was on Widemarsh Street and there was another entrance on Newtown Rd.  On a map, I notice that Holmer Rd changes to Newton Rd, both now being part of the A49, so I can see why there would be some confusion there.